indominus rex Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Hello, I found this last year on a mountain near Munster, a city in Alsace, and it is a marine deposit. And I found this on the mountain and I am not sure what it is. So any help with the ID would be great. Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indominus rex Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indominus rex Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 Here is an image from the side. Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I think it is a mineral encrusting a sandstone or limestone. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indominus rex Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 Just now, ynot said: I think it is a mineral encrusting a sandstone or limestone. Well that would explain the crystallization on the side. Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 I see hackle fringe like feature on one side and dendritic mineral growth on the other, not like the specimen below which (I think) combines the two features on one side. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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